My Diabetes, my way* or “How to set up bike handlebars”
So first up, apologies for stealing the name of the NHS Scotland Diabetes portal, but it seemed, well, apt, and lets face it, the second […]
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Engaging and disengaging with @NHSDiabetes – how to make it a Romeo and Juliet story?
Following a discussion on Twitter regarding transition from junior to senior diabetes clinics, how this should work and people worries and thoughts about it, it […]
Type 1 Diabetes and Me. The story of a Diabetic life – the teenageyears and University #gbdoc #DOC
In the second part of my life, we move into the teenage years and through university. It’s probably not as in depth as the early […]
“Bounty” cake – a little taste of paradise…
Sitting at home yesterday afternoon, we wanted, desperately, to eat sweets. Knowing that we shouldn’t, and having flicked though a couple of cook books all […]
Diabulimia – and the propensity for eating disorders with T1 diabetes
Following multiple discussions on Twitter and in the DCUK forum, and at last a welcome session on Diabulimia at the Diabetes Professional Conference (DPC) in […]
Keep on jabbing, keep on testing… * – The psychological effects of a diabetes diagnosis
I’ll start by apologising to the Spencer Davis Group for destroying their fine lyrics and turning them into the title of a blog post about […]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, Staying Alive, Staying Alive…. Well Beta Cells anyway…
After a long interaction on Twitter that went something along the lines of “My basal is fairly stable and hasn’t changed in a year” versus […]
Which pump should I choose? How do I choose? Oh let me count the ways…
I’ve seen this question asked many times across multiple different versions of social media. And I think at its heart it misses the point. I […]
Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults – LADA – The Other (but more prevalent form of) Autoimmune Diabetes…
Here I am, a type 1, something which I’ve now written a great deal about on this blog, and instead of talking about Type 1, […]
#freestylelibre – How Libre changes glucose testing behaviour and the cost implications
Whilst responding to a comment on the Freestyle Libre in a well known internet forum, it occurred to me that there are a couple of […]